Thoughts on Building Strong Towns, Volume 1

by Charles L. Marohn Jr.

Book Overview

Following World War II, the United States embarked on the great social and financial experiment of suburbanization. While it created tremendous growth, opportunity and prosperity for a generation that had just lived through economic depression and war, the way cities and regions were being built ? spread out across the landscape ? would ultimately be extremely expensive to sustain, far greater than the relative wealth the approach would generate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478319275
• ISBN13: 9781478319276
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"